A girl makes a secret sacrifice to the faerie king in this
lush fantasy from New York Times bestselling
author Holly Black.
Children can have a cruel, absolute sense of justice.
Children can kill a monster and feel quite proud of themselves. A girl can look
at her brother and believe they’re destined to be a knight and a bard who
battle evil. She can believe she’s found the thing she’s been made for.
Hazel lives with her brother, Ben, in the strange town of
Fairfold where humans and fae exist side by side. The faeries’ seemingly
harmless magic attracts tourists, but Hazel knows how dangerous they can be,
and she knows how to stop them. Or she did, once.
At the center of it all, there is a glass coffin in the
woods. It rests right on the ground and in it sleeps a boy with horns on his
head and ears as pointy as knives. Hazel and Ben were both in love with him as
children. The boy has slept there for generations, never waking.
Until one day, he does …
As the world turns upside down and a hero is needed to save
them all, Hazel tries to remember her years spent pretending to be a knight.
But swept up in new love, shifting loyalties, and the fresh sting of betrayal,
will it be enough?
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“Expertly weaving fairy-tale magic into a contemporary setting, Black slowly
reveals Hazel’s mysterious involvement with the fairy court and her heroic role
in setting the prince free. Though there’s enough backstory that this dark
fantasy occasionally feels like a sequel, Black’s stark, eerie tone, propulsive
pacing, and fulsome world building will certainly delight her legion of fans.”
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Booklist